Air Tampa
June 30th, 2025
Buried behind a paywall was an unsurprising but not-so-obvious factoid about the Buccaneers offense.
“Since [Todd Bowles] took over as head coach in 2022, the Bucs have attempted more passes than any team in the league,” noted John Romano in a TampaBay.com column about Bowles allegedly being underappreciated by fans.
Joe knows the Bucs have been airing out it out since Bucco Bruce Arians arrived in 2019, but the context of most throws in the NFL over the past three years with Bowles at the helm made Joe take pause.
The “passing league” has its prototype on Dale Mabry Highway (one mile south of Bill Currie Ford).
No wonder the Bucs drafted a receiver in the first round!
Bowles, to his credit, seems hungry to keep throwing. He surely had input into the Bucs’ offseason, one that handed its most expensive contract to a receiver, and invested its greatest draft asset at receiver, as well.
Baker Mayfield ranked fifth in passes attempted last season at 33.5 per game. Patrick Mahomes was the only QB to reach the playoffs with more attemps than Mayfield.
The Bucs expect to keep on throwin’ this season — with Bowles cracking a few smiles along the way.
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